Atmosphere - GLOBE Connections

Atmospheric conditions can have an important impact on the types of plants and animals that live in a particular area as well as soil formation. The atmospheric measurements collected by GLOBE students are important to scientists studying weather, climate, land cover, phenology, ecology, biology, hydrology, and soil. Students and scientists investigate the Atmosphere through the collection of data using measurement protocols and using instruments that meet certain specifications in order to ensure that data are comparable.

Featured GLOBE Connections

Tropical cyclones, or hurricanes, are severe weather events that can be very destructive and even deadly. GLOBE students can make measurements before and after these storms to help study the impacts. It is not safe to make measurements during a storm.

Each of the GLOBE protocols has a set of learning activities to help students learn more about the instruments and procedures for the measurements, the content associated with the protocol and ways students and scientists can use the data that is being collected.

Interested in collecting data about the featured phenomenon at your school? Visit this page to explore GLOBE protocols (data collection procedures) and student datasheets that support your students' investigations.

The characters in the Elementary GLOBE storybooks explore the world around them collecting measurements and making observations. Through a variety of learning activities, students can collect weather data to observe changes that occur with the seasons.

See how students tackled the real problem of access to clean water after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017. Their results were published in the 2018 GLOBE International Virtual Science Symposium.

Tropical cyclones, or hurricanes, are severe weather events that can be very destructive and even deadly. GLOBE students can make measurements before and after these storms to help study the impacts. It is not safe to make measurements during a storm.

Each of the GLOBE protocols has a set of learning activities to help students learn more about the instruments and procedures for the measurements, the content associated with the protocol and ways students and scientists can use the data that is being collected.

Interested in collecting data about the featured phenomenon at your school? Visit this page to explore GLOBE protocols (data collection procedures) and student datasheets that support your students' investigations.

The characters in the Elementary GLOBE storybooks explore the world around them collecting measurements and making observations. Through a variety of learning activities, students can collect weather data to observe changes that occur with the seasons.

See how students tackled the real problem of access to clean water after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017. Their results were published in the 2018 GLOBE International Virtual Science Symposium.